Kape vs Osbourne

Who won Kape vs Osbourne?

Manel Kape beat Ode Osbourne by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Kape vs Osbourne stats

Manel Kape stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Ode Osbourne made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Manel Kape's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Ode Osbourne marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Manel Kape's UFC record stood at 6-3-0, while Ode Osbourne's came in at 5-6-0.

The stats suggested Kape had an advantage in power over Osbourne, with a 60% knock out percentage over Osbourne's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Osbourne had an advantage over Kape, with a 44% submission rate over Kape's 33%.

Manel Kape was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Osbourne had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kape. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Kape was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Osbourne, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 64 to Osbourne's 36.

Kape vs Osbourne form

Manel Kape had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Matheus Nicolau at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexandre Pantoja at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kai Asakura at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Takeya Mizugaki at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya.

He had defeated Seiichiro Ito at RIZIN 15 on 21st April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Activity check

Kape's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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